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septate, exceptionally 8-septate. The perithecia occur both on decor- 

 ticated limbs and on those still covered with the bark, but in the latter 

 case, the bark is old and somewhat decayed. 



On dead willow limbs, near Huron, Dakota, autumn, 1 885 (Miss 

 Nellie E. Crouch). 



L. Madura, E. & E. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. July, 1890, p. 236. 



Spots as in Sphmrella Macluroi, B. & B. (which occurs on the 

 same leaves), suborbicular, reddish-brown, 4-10 mm. diam., with a 

 darker margin and deciduous center. Perithecia mostly hypophyllous, 

 innate-erumpent, small (75 «),_black. Asci oblong-cylindrical, 50-60 

 X 8-10 fi. Paraphyses? Sporidia biseriate, fusoid, about 6-nucleate, 

 becoming 5-septate, slightly curved, nearly hyaline, 20-22 x 3 fi. 



On leaves of Madura aurantiaca, Saline Co., Mo. (Demetrio). 



L. putekna, E. & K. (in Herb.) 



Perithecia gregarious, erumpent-superficial, subglobose or de- 

 pi-essed-globose, about 200 p. diam., black, glabi-ous, broadly perforated 

 above, rough. Asci subcylindrical, short-stipitate, rounded above, 

 about 75 X 15-18 //, paraphysate. Sporidia crowded, sometimes 

 oblique, oblong-fusoid, 6-8-septate, sometimes a little curved, dark 

 brown, 20-27 x 6-8 fi. 



On the inside and outside of an oaken well-bucket, Manhattan, 

 Kansas (May Varney). 



B. On monocotyledonous plantH. 

 * Sporidia 3-septate. 



L. sabaligera, (B. & C-) 



Sphasria sabaligera, B. & C. Grev, IV, p. 147. 

 Clypeosphcsria sabaligera, Sacc. Syll. 3193. 

 LepiosphcEria sabaligera^ Cke. Syn. 4310. 



Perithecia scattered, minute, covered by the blackened cuticle 

 which is slightly raised. Asci (p. sp.) oblong, 40-50 x 7-9 /i. Spo- 

 ridia biseriate, fusiform, slightly curved, 3-septate, straw-yellow, some- 

 times constricted at the septa, 15-22x4-5 fi (25 [i long, sec. Berk.). 



On leaves of Sahal, Louisiana (Langlois). 



L. sabalicola, (E. & M.) 



Sphceria sabalicola, E. & M, Am. Nat. 1882, p. 810. 

 LepiosphcEria sabalicola, Sacc. Syll. 6135. 

 .Exsicc. Ell. & Evrht. N. A. F. 2d Ser. 1963. 



Perithecia gregarious or scattered, with rather thick, coriaceous 

 walls, about \ mm. diam., covered by the epidermis, which is raised 



